Vivo has a good offline market in India and people are also embracing Vivo smartphones for their quality and camera. Vivo has also strengthened its online presence with its aggressively priced smartphones like Vivo Z1 Pro, Vivo Z1x, and Vivo U10.
Now Vivo tends to update its budget smartphones, especially the Y series which is quite famous in the offline market. The new Vivo Y19 packs a lot of modern essential features and a much needed triple rear camera setup.
4GB RAM, 128GB internal storage, expandable up to 256GB with MicroSD
16MP primary sensor with Sony IMX499 sensor, f/1.78 aperture + 8MP 120° ultra-wide sensor with f/2.2 aperture+ 2MP 4cm macro sensor with f/2.4 aperture
16MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture
Fingerprint sensor
Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac dual-band, Bluetooth 5, GPS/GLONASS, micro USB port
5000mAh (typical) battery with 18W fast charging support
Dimensions: 162.15 × 76.47 × 8.89mm; Weight: 193g
Android 9.0 (Pie) with Funtouch OS 9.2
Being introduced as Vivo Y5s in China recently, the Y19 packs a 6.53-inch Full HD+ display with about 90.3% screen-to-body ratio and a dew-drop notch on the front which houses 16MP front-facing camera. The smartphone has a decent design and looks cool with its gradient design which you mostly see in smartphones in the budget segment.
Also, the smartphone is powered by the latest 12nm octa-core MediaTek Helio P65 with ARM Mali-G52 GPU. It is coupled with 4GB RAM & 128GB internal storage which is even expandable up to 256GB with MicroSD.
Speaking of cameras, the Y19 packs a triple rear camera setup backed by a 16MP primary sensor with Sony IMX499 sensor which is quite good for a budget device yet cannot be compared to smartphones from Realme or Xiaomi. Also, you get an 8MP 120° ultra-wide sensor and 2MP macro sensor.
It has a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, packs a 5000mAh battery with support for Vivo’s 18W Dual Engine fast charging but features a micro USB port rather than a Type-C one.
The Vivo Y19 will be available in Magnetic Black and Spring White colours and is priced at a hefty Rs.13,999 which indeed seems costly according to the features given, not to forget the fact that this will be available across all offline outlets. Also, it will be available via online stores including Vivo India E-store from tomorrow.
Noise has always been a youth-centric brand with its band of accessories including audio and fitness devices as well as camera and mobile accessories. As the smartwatch industry is progressing at a fast pace, newer smart bands and watches are being offered by a lot of brands.
In recent years, Noise has become a well-known brand for fitness trackers & smart wearables and is quite famous among youth because they provide products at a cheaper price. Having enjoyed its success with the ColorFit smartwatch series, Noise is launching a bit more premium NoiseFit Evolve series.
NoiseFit Evolve Specifications
1.2-inch (390 x 390 pixels) AMOLED round dial
Bluetooth 5.0, Compatible with Android 4.4+ as well as iOS 9.0+
9 sports modes like indoor running, yoga etc. along with built-in activity tracker
Water-resistant (IP68)
24-hour heart rate monitor
Step counter, sleep tracker, sedentary reminder and goal completion reminder
180mAh battery with up to 3 days of battery life and 10 days of standby
The new NoiseFit Evolve smartwatch will be the first one by the company to sport an AMOLED screen. It has a round AMOLED display that lets you read easily in direct sunlight. The display face can be changed according to your likes with pre-installed 5 watch faces.
With a bigger screen, you can see all your notifications of your smartphone right through your app, that too read messages, notifications from social apps and attend or reject calls. You can even control the music played on your smartphone and control your camera, making your life much easier.
The smartwatch is IP-68 rated, making it waterproof, also it’s anodized aluminium and plastic body with thermoplastic polyurethane strap that is removable and you can choose from the various straps available.
NoiseFit Evolve can track Walking, Indoor Walking, Outdoor running, Indoor running, Indoor cycling, Outdoor Cycling, Mountaineering, Swimming, Yoga and Free Training. You can set your goals for any kind for any specific activity as well.
The 24-hour heart rate monitor helps to track your sleep, the calories you burn and your daily step count, to help you measure and track your daily fitness levels. The smartwatch even gives you sedentary and hydration reminders, you can even set reminders according to your needs.
The smartwatch gives you a modest 3 days of battery life and 10 days of standby. The NoiseFit Evolve will be available in Slate Black, Dusk Blue and Blush Pink, on the other hand, the NoiseFit Evolve Sport comes in Black and offers a slightly better build and a different strap.
The NoiseFit Evolve Smartwatch has been priced at Rs.5,499 and will be available exclusively via noise.com from November 19th onwards.
Germany manager Joachim Low has highlighted the importance of Toni Kroos.
Germany won the 2014 World Cup. They were a force in international football. But they have endured a mixed run of form since their group-stage exit from the 2018 World Cup.
After that exit, Joachim Low had publicly announced that Mats Hummels, Jerome Boateng and Thomas Muller, who were Germany’s stalwarts in the 2014 World Cup win, would not be selected again in the Germany squad. Low has come into criticism since that decision.
Germany crushed Belarus by 4-0 on Saturday to secure their place at the Euro 2020. Leon Goretzka and Ginter scored a goal apiece while Toni Kroos scored two goals.
Low told the German Football Association’s (DFB) official website: “Toni Kroos played a great game, not just because he scored twice. You can pass him the ball at any time and he’ll find a way to deal with it, even if he’s under pressure. He has a great vision and a sense of where he is on the pitch.”
“He’s a role model for the rest of the team with the way he approaches his job. He always puts in that extra bit of work before and after training – he’s a consummate professional.”
Low also praised his defender Ginter: “As a coach, you always know what to expect from him [Ginter]. You can trust him and he is able to do what we want him to do, which is to help build the play up from defense. He’s gotten much better. He has this sense of calmness about him, which is what makes him so solid, serious and reliable. I’m especially happy that he was able to score such a beautiful goal [on Saturday].”
But, heading into the Euro 2020, Germany has some young players who lack experience of the big stage.
Kroos told reporters on Monday: “It’s no surprise that we want to win the game. Of course, the chance to finish first in the group is a bit of extra motivation. We’ve got some good players who have had some minutes. In terms of a grade, I’d put the year between a B and a C, because it’s nothing special that we’ve qualified.
“Several of the younger players have improved already. We’ve made some progress. The international games in March will be important again as we play against big nations. We’ll have to wait and see how we perform at the Euros, but I have a good feeling about it.”
“Jo[Joshua Kimmich] can do both: he can make life difficult for our opponents and he’s able to make smart decisions with the ball. The fact that we work well together wasn’t a surprise to me.”
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John Obi Mikel has termed his former Chelsea teammate Hazard as the “laziest”.
John Obi Mikel and Eden Hazard shared the same dressing room at Chelsea for four seasons. Hazard arrived at Chelsea from Lille in 2012.
Hazard made 352 appearances for the club, scoring 110 goals. He became Chelsea’s main man and led them to Premier League as well as Europa League titles in his time at the Stamford Bridge.
In the recently concluded summer transfer window, he completed a coveted €100million move to the LaLiga giants Real Madrid. The move was on the cards from last season. After the 2018 World Cup, Hazard went public with his wish.
John Obi Mikel, a Champions League winner with Chelsea, has no doubt over Hazard’s incredible talent but also labeled him as the “laziest” player he has trained alongside.
Mikel told beIN SPORTS in Turkey: “Hazard has incredible talent. Maybe not as good as [Lionel] Messi, but he can do whatever he wants with the ball at his feet.
“He didn’t like to train hard. While we were working he was waiting for us to finish training just standing there. But on Sundays he was always man of the match, it was unbelievable.”
Mikel also said that current Chelsea boss Frank Lampard is the hardest trainer he has seen.
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Cristiano Ronaldo reveals that he has no complaint against Juventus boss Maurizio Sarri.
Juventus head coach Maurizio Sarri substituted Cristiano Ronaldo in the last two consecutive matches. While being substituted Ronaldo seemed angry and frustrated with the Juventus boss.
In their last match against AC Milan, Ronaldo was substituted for Dybala, who scored the winning goal. Ronaldo who is familiar with scoring the winning goals for his team, has seen the winning goals from the sidelines recently.
Maurizio Sarri cited the reason for Ronaldo’s substitution was his knee injury.
But surprisingly, Cristiano Ronaldo was at his prolific best for Portugal in their Euro 2020 qualifier matches. He scored a hat-trick against Lithuania and tapped in a goal against Luxembourg as well. He is now just one short of achieving a century of international goals.
Ronaldo told reporters after the match at Stade Josy Barthel: “For the last three weeks, I have been playing limited. There was no controversy, you create controversy. I don’t like to be replaced, but I have been playing limited for the last three weeks. I tried to help Juventus, even playing injured. No one likes to be replaced, but I understand why – I was not well. I’m still not 100 percent, but when it comes to sacrificing for the club or team I do it with pride because I know there were a lot of games up for grabs.”
“At Juventus, Inter are putting on a lot of pressure [in Serie A]. We are two points ahead, but we can’t go easy because if we draw or lose, they pass us and I sacrificed myself. In the national team, if we didn’t win one of our two games, we could be out. I also sacrificed myself for the national team. “
He further said: “I never had major injuries. I play 50 or 60 games a year, but at one time or another there may be an unforeseen event – it’s a pain that keeps me from being 100 percent. I always try to help. They put a lot of controversy on this subject, but you know I don’t talk much in the press. We won. Juventus are in the first place, we qualified and I will be 100 percent as fast as possible.”
Portugal, the reigning champions of the European Championship, have now qualified for the Euro 2020. The emergence of Bernardo Silva, Joao Felix, Ruben Neves and Fernandes, alongside the presence of the evergreen Ronaldo, arguably gives the veteran coach, Fernando Santos a far stronger squad than the one that won a maiden major international honour for the country.
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Asus launches new light & portable ZenBook 14 UM431 & ZenBook Flip 14 UM462 with 3rd Gen Ryzen CPUs, price starts from ₹59,990
Asus is known for its thin and portable laptops especially for their series including VivoBook and ZenBook series. Asus did have a good partnership with AMD previously when they announce the lower-end VivoBook series with Ryzen 2000 CPUs which even was a massive hit for budget-end consumers.
To further increase its work with AMD, Asus has launched the new ZenBook 14 (UM431DA) and ZenBook Flip 14 (UM462DA) laptops, and ROG Strix GL10DH desktop in India. The laptops are powered by the latest Ryzen 3000 mobile APUs that are based on AMD’s Zen+ architecture, built on 12nm process.
Obviously, these laptops are targetted for productivity purposes which include both regular and business consumers. On the other hand, the ROG Strix GL10DH desktop is powered by AMD’s beastly 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 3800X processor and is targetted towards gaming enthusiasts.
Asus ZenBook 14 UM431DA
This laptop is indeed the first one in India to be equipped with the quad-core 3rd Gen Ryzen 5 3500U with 2.1 GHz base clock speed and up to 3.7 GHz Turbo Boost. The APU features 6 MB cache memory and an improved AMD Radeon Vega 8 graphics, the Ryzen 7 3700U version will also be available.
The laptop has a sleek design, mostly like its premium ZenBook laptops, its NanoEdge design gives more screen area and has 6.45 mm sleek side-bezels. The laptop indeed has a slim, lightweight, and compact chassis and its spun-metal finish on the lid adds to its overall appearance.
Its ErgoLift hinge tilts the keyboard by 145 degrees so that you can type comfortably and helps in improving the laptop’s cooling as well as its audio performance. The laptop’s MIL-STD-810G military standard makes it a reliable and durable appliance.
The ZenBook 14 UM431 features a 14-inch LED-backlit full-HD (1920×1080 pixels) anti-glare display with 16:9 aspect ratio and 86% screen-to-body ratio. It is coupled with 8GB DDR4 RAM & a huge 512GB of pure PCIe SSD.
The laptop comes with some essential features like the Illuminated Chiclet Keyboard with 1.4 mm key travel, TPM Security Chip, Fingerprint Sensor above the touchpad and Windows Hello support. Also, there’s a quad-speaker Harman Kardon audio system along with ASUS SonicMaster technology.
Like the other ZenBooks, this one too promises an amazing battery life with 47Wh battery which Asus claims will last up to 12 hours. Other connectivity & I/O options include dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2, USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type C port, USB 3.1 Gen Type-A port, USB 2.0 port, HDMI port, SD card reader, and audio combination jack.
The Asus ZenBook 14 UM431DA carries an official price tag of Rs.59,990 but is available at Flipkart for ₹62,990 and if you do need a great productive laptop then this is the one. Check out: http://fkrt.it/bn5qrPNNNN
Asus ZenBook Flip 14 UM462DA
My favourite laptop will always be the ZenBook Flip 14 UM462 that ditches the traditional form factor and comes with a convertible form-factor. This 2 in 1 Laptop is powered by the same quad-core 3rd Gen Ryzen 5 3500U APU and in future, the Ryzen 7 3700U version will also be available.
The display here gets a bit better with Full HD LED Backlit Glare Wideview Touch NanoEdge Display with 16:9 aspect ratio and 90% screen-to-body ratio. This laptop’s 4.37-mm side-bezels to offer an expanded view for an immersive visual experience. It is coupled with the same 8GB of DDR4 RAM & 512GB of pure PCIe SSD.
The USP of this laptop is always its 2-in-1 form factor which does feature the 360° ErgoLift Hinge that holds the display of this laptop securely at different angles. As this display is a touchscreen one, so it will help designers, illustrators, artists, or photographers as it supports ASUS Pen and Windows Ink.
This laptop too comes with some essential features like the Illuminated Chiclet Keyboard with 1.4 mm key travel, TPM Security Chip, Fingerprint Sensor above the touchpad and Windows Hello support. Also, there’s a quad-speaker Harman Kardon audio system along with ASUS SonicMaster technology.
The laptop’s MIL-STD-810G military standard makes it a reliable and durable appliance, also the 42Wh battery of this laptop will last up to 9 hours.
Other connectivity & I/O options include dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.2, USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C port, USB 3.1 Gen Type-A port, USB 2.0 port, HDMI port, SD card reader, and audio combination jack.
The Asus ZenBook Flip 14 UM462DA will be available for Rs.64,990 for Ryzen R5 version and at Rs.74,990 for the Ryzen R7 variant but is available at Flipkart for ₹66,990 and this seems to be a great deal if you do need a powerful 2-in-1 laptop. Check out: http://fkrt.it/brOB0PNNNN
Asus ROG Strix GL10DH
The Taiwan giant also launched its new ROG Strix GL10DH series of gaming desktops featuring Ryzen CPUs. The highest-end variant of the desktop is powered by the AMD Ryzen 7 3800X processor with up to 32GB DDR4 RAM (2 DIMM slots) and up to 8GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 GDDDR6 GPU.
You also get the options up to 512GB PCIe SSD, 1TB HDD storage. There’s optional Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0 support along with Realtek LAN, two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports on the front, two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports on the back, and four USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports.
Gamers will be allowed to configure their gaming rigs according to their budget and needs, the base variant with Ryzen 7 2700, 8GB RAM, 512 GB SSD and 4GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 graphics will cost ₹68,990 which should have been officially priced at Rs.66,990. Buy from here: http://fkrt.it/bm1UpPNNNN
Netherlands have secured their place in the Euro 2020.
Netherlands have reached their first major international tournament since the 2014 World Cup. They have previously failed to qualify for the Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup.
They played out a goalless draw with Northern Ireland in Belfast, on Saturday. But that draw was enough to secure them a top-two finish in Group C and qualify for the Euro 2020.
Ronald Koeman played a key role to help the Netherlands clinch the Euro 1988 title in West Germany. He has now taken over as the Netherlands head coach since February 2018 and will again try to lead them to glory in the Euro 2020.
Koeman told Dutch broadcaster NOS: “As a team, we always want more and better, but we have achieved a great result by qualifying for the European Championship. We’ve done it in a group with great opponents like Germany and a tricky opponent like Northern Ireland. I also just want to say that it is fantastic that we have qualified. I am happy and proud of the team. I also think you can now forget how tonight’s game went as we should have done more attacking-wise.”
Frenkie De Jong told NOS: “We haven’t played a final tournament for a while, so everyone is happy. We have taken a photo together and we are certainly happy that we made it. I don’t think we should be too critical, but I feel we should have won here. We did too little with the ball; attacking-wise we could have done more. But we’re going to the European Championship and that is the most important thing.”
Netherlands captain Virgil Van Dijk also told Dutch broadcaster NOS: “We’re going to a tournament again. That’s the most important thing. We wanted to win today and we had chances. We knew it would be difficult but in the end, we qualified – how doesn’t really matter very much. In the last 15 minutes, Northern Ireland started to play more directly, hoping for free-kicks and corners. It was up to us to stay sharp and we did very well at times.”
“We are going to the European Championship, let’s just enjoy it now. We will prepare ourselves well for that.”
But unfortunately, Van Dijk has left the Netherlands squad due to personal reasons. He won’t be available in the match against Estonia at home.
A short statement from the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) read: “National team coach Ronald Koeman cannot rely on Virgil van Dijk on Tuesday against Estonia. The captain of the Dutch national team has to [miss] the game due to personal circumstances and has since left the Oranje training camp.”
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127 players, including 35 overseas cricketers have been retained by the 8 IPL franchises. Let’s have a look at the list of players.
All the 8 IPL franchises have submitted the final list of players retained and released. Rs 85 crore per team has been earmarked for the 2020 season. Every franchise will also have an additional purse of Rs 3 crore in addition to the balance in their kitties from the last auction.
The VIVO IPL 2020 Player Auction will take place in Kolkata on 19th December, 2019.
Kings XI Punjab (INR 42.70 cr) now have the highest salary cap available going into the auction while Royal Challengers Bangalore (12) have the most number of player slots available (including 6 overseas slots). After today’s deadline, Chennai Super Kings (20) have the largest squad size.
Of the eight franchises, Royal Challengers Bangalore (12) have released the most players while Sunrisers Hyderabad (5) have released the least players from their squad.
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India crushed Bangladesh by an innings and 130 runs in the 1st test of the 2-match series.
Mayank Sharma and the trio of Indian pacers were all over Bangladesh. It was the 4th consecutive win for the Indian team led by Virat Kohli. They defeated Bangladesh at Indore by a massive margin – an innings and 130 runs.
This win against Bangladesh was India’s 10th innings win under Virat Kohli. Most innings wins for an Indian captain: 10 Virat Kohli 9 MS Dhoni 8 Mohd Azharuddin 7 Sourav Ganguly
Mayank Sharma was brilliant for the hosts. His 243 run in the first innings gave India a huge lead. Mohammed Shami was also very impressive with the ball. He took a total of 7 wickets in Bangladesh’s two innings.
The Indian pace trio of Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav took a total of 14 wickets in the two innings. All of them had an outstanding test match.
#TeamIndia go one up in the series, and that's another big heap of points on the board in the World Test Championship.
Ishant Sharma said after the massive win: “I am not treated as a senior, we don’t have anything like that. We always enjoy each other’s success, speak with each other and try and share our plans. It’s difficult to explain (his bowling renaissance), I have played quite a lot, I’m 31 (laughs), the bowling is taking a toll on my body, but I’m enjoying it, trying out different variations. Shami has played with the pink ball, need to ask him for a few tips (a few jokes around).”
Mohammed Shami said after his brilliant haul of 7 wickets in the match: “The more we get tired, the better fun we have. We push each other. We try to enjoy each other’s success. There are certain things I cannot even say. Given his (Umesh) power, all the boundaries in India are smaller. We don’t have restrictions as batters. The team management has given us freedom. We try to bat sensibly though when there is a batter at the other end. I have been empowered by the skipper and the coach. I bowl alongside Ishant and Umesh as well. That makes it easier for me. I focus on my length and have been able to execute it well.”
Umesh Yadav said: “I learnt from my father in my childhood to be strong. He made me run a lot. I try to maintain the strength. Earlier, the new ball was for pacers. But now we know our strengths. We try to take wickets with the ball and make it easier for spinners. My batting coach and skipper tell me to enjoy my batting. Kohli told me to bat quickly in the last Test against SA. I try to deliver whatever is expected of me.”
India have now taken an unbeatable 1-0 lead in the 2 test match series. The final test will be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata from 22nd November. It will be the first day-night test match on Indian soil.
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The all-new 16-inch MacBook Pro Immersive 16-Inch Retina Display, up to 80% faster performance and a new Magic Keyboard at Rs.1,99,900
Last year’s best-ever MacBook gets a decent upgrade this year and the screen expands to 16 inches. This laptop is said to fix all of the flaws that users faced with the previous flagship 15-inch MacBook Pro.
The new laptop is claimed to increase the performance by “up to 80%” for designers, photographers, video editors, and professionals. Apple has focussed on a few of the major flaws including poorly designed keyboard, no escape key, insufficient cooling and poor specs that really fall behind the competition.
The all-new MacBook Pro features a brilliant 16-inch Retina Display, comes with the latest Intel 8-core processors, up to 64GB of RAM, next-generation 7nm AMD graphics with up to 8GB of VRAM and a new advanced thermal design, making it the most powerful MacBook Pro ever.
Our pro customers tell us they want their next MacBook Pro to have a larger display, blazing-fast performance, the biggest battery possible, the best notebook keyboard ever, awesome speakers and massive amounts of storage, and the 16-inch MacBook Pro delivers all of that and more
Tom Boger, Apple senior director of Mac and iPad Product Marketing
Display
Apple’s Retina Display has always been praised by consumers and with the new 16-inch MacBook Pro they’ve made the largest and the best display ever. Featuring a 16-inch Retina Display with a resolution of 3072×1920 for a pixel density of 226 ppi, brightness of 500 nits, and P3 wide colour gamut.
The Retina display delivers nearly 6 million pixels and an even more immersive front-of-screen experience. Apple says that each display is individually calibrated in the factory for accurate gamma, white point and primary colours. Overall the slimmer bezels around the corner with an immersive display makes the laptop a perfect one for professionals.
New Magic Keyboard
The all-new 16-inch MacBook Pro features a new Magic Keyboard with a refined scissor mechanism that delivers 1mm of key travel and a stable key feel. Apple has ditched the butterfly mechanism for a new and comfortable keyboard and the Apple-designed rubber dome stores more potential energy for a responsive key press.
The new Magic Keyboard also features a physical Escape key and an inverted-“T” arrangement for the arrow keys, along with Touch Bar and Touch ID, for a keyboard that delivers the best typing experience ever on a Mac notebook.
Powered by 9th-generation Intel CPUs
Apple has ditched the older Intel CPUs and used the latest 6-core and 8-core 9th-generation processors with Turbo Boost speeds up to 5.0 GHz. For pro-level computing pro-level hardware is required for tasks like compiling code, editing multi-cam video or doing 3D animation, just the perfect workloads to throw at your MacBook Pro.
The Cupertino giant even claims that the new Intel CPUs deliver up to 2.1 times faster performance than the quad-core 15-inch MacBook Pro. The faster CPU is combined with faster memory up to 64GB, Apple has compared the newer MacBook Pro with the previous-gen and here are the results:
Music producers can playback massive multi-track projects with up to 2.1 times more Amp Designer plug-ins in Logic Pro X.
Scientists and researchers will benefit from 2.1 times faster simulation of dynamical systems in MATLAB.
Developers using Xcode can compile code up to 1.8 times faster.
Photographers can apply complex edits to photographs 1.7 times faster in Photoshop.
AMD Radeon Pro 5000M graphics
Graphical performance is one of the most important factors for a powerful laptop like MacBook Pro and that’s why Apple has updated its graphics to the latest AMD Radeon Pro 5000M series graphics – the first 7nm mobile discrete GPUs for pro users.
The new AMD Navi GPU is based on RDNA architecture which gives significant performance gain from last-gen and being paired with GDDR6 video memory and up to 8GB VRAM options, the MacBook Pro users will be able to tackle GPU-intensive tasks faster than ever.
Apple says that the customers who choose the standard configuration will see 2.1 times faster graphics performance than last-gen while those who opt for the highest-end graphics options will see up to 80% faster performance than the previous high-end configuration.
When compared to the previous-generation 8-core 15-inch MacBook Pro with the highest graphics options:
Video editors using DaVinci Resolve will see up to 1.8 times faster effects rendering when colour grading.
Gamers will enjoy smoother gameplay with up to 1.6 times faster performance in games like Fortnite.
In Unity, developers will experience 1.4 times faster fly-through performance during game development.
Storage & Battery
The 16-inch MacBook Pro gives you huge storage options this time, providing you up to 8TB of SSD storage – highest ever on a laptop. The standard storage options remain to be 512GB and 1TB.
Apple has even upgraded the battery and stuffed as much it could, the new MacBook Pro features a huge 100Wh battery and now provides up to 11 hours of wireless web browsing or Apple TV app video playback.
Thermals & Audio
The 16-inch MacBook Pro’s thermal has been taken care of since Apple received a lot of thermal throttling complaints about the last-gen MacBook Pro. The improved fan design features a larger impeller with extended blades along with bigger vents, resulting in a 28% increase in airflow.
On the other hand, the heat sink is 35% larger, enabling significantly more heat dissipation than before. These cooling enhancements allow the 16-inch MacBook Pro to sustain up to 12 more watts during intensive workloads than the previous design.
Apple has introduced a completely redesigned six-speaker, high-fidelity sound system on the new MacBook Pro that indeed helps professionals a lot. The new Apple-patented force-cancelling woofers use dual opposed speaker drivers to reduce unwanted vibrations that distort the sound.
macOS & I/O
With the 16-inch MacBook Pro, you obviously get the new macOS Catalina (v10.15) that has a lot of improvements over last gen. Some of the key features include Dark Mode, Sidecar and other improvements which you can check out from here.
Speaking of I/O, the 16-inch MacBook Pro comes with four Thunderbolt 3 USB-C connections and a headphone jack.
Pricing & Availability
The new MacBook Pro is now widely available around the world via Apple Authorised Resellers and the price of it in India starts at Rs.1,99,900.
The base configuration of the 16-inch MacBook Pro comes with a 2.6GHz 6-core 9th Gen Core i7 processor, 16GB of RAM, 512GB of SSD storage, and a Radeon Pro 5300M with 4GB of GDDR6 memory which costs $2400 US.
The highest configuration of this beastly laptop can be up to a 2.4GHz 8‑core 9th Gen Core i9 (Turbo Boost up to 5.0GHz), 64GB of RAM, 8TB of SSD storage, and a Radeon Pro 5500M with 8GB of GDDR6 memory which will cost you a whopping $6,100 US.
